International travel can enable people to exchange ideas, gain valuable life experience and achieve a greater wisdom that can only be obtained in the course of their travel. However, despite the possible benefits of international travel, it can, however, potentially harm the countries that are strongly attached to their own culture. In this case, Brunei Darussalam, as a country strongly emphasise on the Malay Islamic Monarchy philosophy. Because the nation's philosophy plays a vital role in Bruneian lifestyle, the exchange of viewpoints from other countries may pose as a threat to its traditional cultures particularly in areas of language, Malay custom as well as environment.
First of all, with international travel, people inevitably have to use international languages to communicate which affects our mother tongue and second language usage. One of the many threats that arises from international travel came from the need to communicate with foreigners. People inevitably have to make use of international languages and this indirectly affects our mother tongue. Malay has been made the official language in Brunei Darussalam ever since the 1959 Brunei Constitution on 29th September of the same year. Although Malay dominates the neighboring ASEAN countries, it is yet to be recognized in other places. Thus as people rely on foreign languages when going overseas, it opens up an opportunity for them to be bilingual. Learning another language however can cause a problem acknowledged by Wallace Lambert as "subtractive bilingualism". Lambert (1975, 1977, 1981) expressed that while people are achieving a new verbal skill, consequently they failed to maintain their native language and hence the idea of bilingualism is inc...
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... having to prioritise entertainment over greenery. Renowned activist, Beard (1930) describes travel as “more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living”. In brief, the merit efforts in preserving our local values are unable to eliminate the challenges of globalisation. It is however, capable of minimising the impacts international travel posed on our cultures. It is up to our country’s preparedness to overcome the issues and try to acquire as much benefits as possible by incorporating the ideas international travel has bought, onto its national development strategies to satisfy each stakeholders and to elevate Brunei’s condition. Failure to do so not only resulted in Brunei losing their culture but also the future generations will not experience the similar cultures our ancestors had experienced decades ago.
Bilingualism can be defined as the ability to speak and/or write in two languages. In Australia English is the main language although in 1996, statistics show that 15% (2.5 million people) of the Australian population communicate in a language other than English at home and 42% of the population is born overseas (Australian Bureau Statistics, 1996). Most recently there are around 22 million Australians that speak in approximately 400 different languages (Australian Bureau Statistics, 2009). These statistics highlight the fact that there is an increasing rate of people who communicate in more than one language hence language is increasingly changing throughout society (Arthur, 2001). This suggests the need for support and understanding of bilingualism within children, families and the community.
Journal of Travel Research, January 2014; vol. 53, 1: pp. 12-25. first published on April 1, 2013
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...s Bilingual Education seem impressive on the surface, but in reality, there are many prevalent issues that policymakers have conveniently overlooked which affects other monolingual children who are ‘underrepresented’ and forced into a Bilingual Education. Jill critiqued that the current ‘drip-feed’ system; in which students are exposed to Mother Tongue for only two periods a day is clearly insufficient and students should be offered more languages that are of interest to them. As Jill sips her coffee, she contemplates the future of her children. Will they go through the same experience? Which Mother Tongue must she choose for them? Will this experience be a vicious cycle? Jill vowed to provide the best for her children but as for herself, her adamant refusal to acknowledge Malay as a second language has successfully reverted her back to be the striving monolingual.
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Language is one of the most basic necessities for human interactions in a society. Ng and Bradac (1993) stated that, “some of the most remarkable human tools are the specific languages that particular groups of human have developed and adapted for use in their daily lives” (p.1). Without language, socialization between individuals in society would be highly difficult; which would possibly result in a lack of social solidarity that ties people together. From social and academic institutions (family and school), we were taught to use the most favorable language to survive in society. Brunei Darussalam centers on the Malay and English language. Depending on the surrounding and how Bruneians were raised, the use of language may differ for different individuals. In this essay, I’ll be talking about the language that my family and I have acquired. I will also talk about the existence of bilingualism in my family and the use of different languages during travelling.
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